Signal



May 26,1925. 1,539,634

G. BESSON `S IGNAL v Filed Aug. 29 1924 @er1/Tad@ Besson 61H01 wat?Patented May 26, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

GERTRUDE BESSON, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

SIGNAL.

Application led August 29, 1924. Serial No. 734,996.

To @ZZ 707mm t may concern:

Be` itknown that I, GERTRUDE BESSON. a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana.lhave invented certain new and useful Improvements inl Signals, of whichthe following is a specification.

My Said invention relates to an automobile signal and it is an object ofthe same to provide improved means for indicating the intention of thedriver to stop or turn.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof andon which Similar reference characters indicate Similar parts.

Figure 1 is arear elevation of my signal,

Figure 2, a central vertical section of the same,

Figure 3, a plan of the electrical connections, and I Figure 4 aperspective of a part of a vehicle equipped with my signal.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the upper central casing with a portion ofthe top broken away.

In the drawings reference character 10' indicates the body of anautomobile having a fender 11 on which is mounted a bracket 12 arrangedto support three compartments 13, 14 and 15 here shown as having flatfaces and as being rectangular in section so that they are of squareform as viewed from the rear. Preferably the signal is placed on theleft rear fender. Each of the compartments is provided with front andrear windows 16, those of the middle compartment being preferably red,those of the right compartment een and those of the left being purple orlue. Itwill be understood that instead of colored windows for thecompartments I may provide bulbs 17 of different colors for differentcompartments. The windows are provided with signalling means in the formof letters which are preferably black. The device as here Shown hasletters L, S and R signifying Left, Stop and Right but other indicia maybe used to suit particular Situations. Y

In the wiring diagram a battery is indicated'at18 which is connected bya wire 19 to three switches 20, 21 and 22 which are preferably of thepush-button type so that when operated a signal will stay on until acomplete turn has been made or until the car has stopped completelywhereupon the` operator will push the opposite button to open the switchand terminate the signalling operation. As here shown switch 2O closesthe circuit through conductor 23 to the light through conductor 25 andthe lamp in compartment 15 to ground.

The square shape of the compartments lends itself to a convenient meansfor open.- ing and closingI them as for removal of burnt out lamps. etc.The compartments 16 and 17 are each provided with side doors 26 and 27.and the intermediate compartment 13 with an upper door 28, These doorsare held in place by small, screws 29 and when the screws are unloosenedmay readily be slipped o' to permit the lamps to be replaced. When thescrews are tightened they will hold the doors securely in place.

My purpose in locating the signal on top -of the rear fender at theleft-hand side -of i the machine is to give it the utmost possiblevisibility to the other drivers. Obviously this position renders it mosteasily visible to a driver of a following machine. At the same time itis readily visible to a machine approaching from the front because ofthe transparent lens at opposite sides of the signal, the lens orwindows at each side being provided with similar indicia whereby thedriver of an approaching automobile will be notified of the intention ofthe driver of the rst machine to turn right or left or to stop and togovern himself accordingly.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that my device may bemodified in various ways without departing from the spirit of theinvention and therefore I do not. limit myself to what is shown in thedrawings and described in the Specification but only as indicated in theappended claims.

.-Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim asnew anddesire to Secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An automobile signal comprising a T-shaped support and threerectangular casings, one of the casings having a width co-extensive withthe length of the upper arm of the lT and su ported thereon the othertwo being locate at the Sides respectively of the Afirst-named casingwith their tops substantially below the top of said firstnamed casingand supported at the ends of the upper arm of the T, a.signal late foreach of said casings, means on the atter for 'f the outside casings,

.,Slidably receivin a sivnal plate in a face of the casings, an holdingmeans providing for the removal of said signal plates at the top'oftheirst easing and the outery sidessubstantially)as` set forth. l

`2..An automobile signal comprising a. T-shaped sup ort and threerectangular casi ings, one of t e casings havin a width col0 extensivewith the length of t of the T and su two being locate e upper arm at thesides respectively f of the 'first-named casing with their topssubstantially below the top of said first- `named easing and supportedat the ends of the upper arm of the' T said upper'arm being sustantially semi-circular in cross section and the lower arm of said Tbeing substantially c ported thereon the other;

vide a con uit for wires, a signal late for of the casings, and hol gmeans providing forI the removal of said slgnal plates at the 25;

kmy hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana this 26th day of August, A.D. nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

GERTRUDE il Witnesses: i E. W. BRADFORD,

M. L. Summa.'

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lindrical in cross section to pro-v`4 each of said casings, meanslon theatter for L slidably` receiving a sgnal plate in a face

